Jack Nicklaus' Masters Finishes

Jack Nicklaus has the most impressive record of any golfer in the history of The Masters Tournament, and we'll go year-by-year through his finishes below to show it.

But it starts with his six victories, the tournament record. No other golfer has won more than four Green Jackets. And only one other golfer has won a major championship six times (Harry Vardon at the British Open in the late 19th/early 20th century).

Before the poobahs at Augusta National Golf Club were trying to "Tiger-proof" their layout, they were trying to Jack-proof it. It didn't work. As Masters co-founder Bobby Jones said after watching Nicklaus win the 1965 tournament by nine strokes by overpowering the course, "Nicklaus plays a game with which I am not familiar."

Nicklaus first played The Masters in 1959, as an amateur, and last played it in 2005. He played it every year from 1959 through 1998 before missing one. He finished no lower than eighth place during the entire decade of the 1970s.

Nicklaus holds the Masters tournament records for wins (six), Top 5 finishes (15), Top 10 finishes (22) and Top 25 finishes (29), and shares the record for runner-up finishes (four). At one time he held the record as youngest Masters winner, and he still holds the record as oldest Masters winner.

He was very, very good at playing Augusta National Golf Club!

Nicklaus' Yearly Finishes in The Masters Tournament

Over the course of his career, Jack Nicklaus competed in 45 Masters Tournaments. These are the years he competed (or didn't), strokes he took each round, total scores he carded, and where he finished in each:

• 1959: 76-74—150, missed cut (amateur)
• 1960: 75-71-72-75—293, tied 13th (amateur)
• 1961: 70-75-70-72—287, tied 7th (amateur)
• 1962: 74-75-70-72—291, tied 15th
• 1963: 74-66-74-72—286, win
• 1964: 71-73-71-67—282, tied 2nd
• 1965: 67-71-64-69—271, win
• 1966: 68-76-72-72—288, win in playoff
• 1967: 72-79—151, missed cut
• 1968: 69-71-74-67—281, tied 5th
• 1969: 68-75-72-76—291, tied 24th
• 1970: 71-75-69-69—284, 8th
• 1971: 70-71-68-72—281, tied second
• 1972: 68-71-73-74—286, win
• 1973: 69-77-73-66—285, tied 3rd
• 1974: 69-71-72-69—281, tied 4th
• 1975: 68-67-73-68—276, win
• 1976: 67-69-73-73—282, tied 3rd
• 1977: 72-70-70-66—278, 2nd
• 1978: 72-73-69-67—281, 7th
• 1979: 69-71-72-69—281, 4th
• 1980: 74-71-73-73—291, tied 33rd
• 1981: 70-65-75-72—282, tied 2nd
• 1982: 69-77-71-75—292, tied 15th
• 1983: 73, withdrew
• 1984: 73-73-70-70—286, tied 18th
• 1985: 71-74-72-69—286, tied 6th
• 1986: 74-71-69-65—279 win
• 1987: 74-72-73-70—289, tied 7th
• 1988: 75-73-72-72—292, tied 21st
• 1989: 73-74-73-71—291, tied 18th
• 1990: 72-70-69-74—285, 6th
• 1991: 68-72-72-76—288, tied 35th
• 1992: 69-75-69-74—287, tied 42nd
• 1993: 67-75-76-71—289, tied 27th
• 1994: 78-74—152, missed cut
• 1995: 67-78-70-75—290, tied 35th
• 1996: 70-73-76-78—297, tied 41st
• 1997: 77-70-74-78—299, tied 39th
• 1998: 73-72-70-68—283, tied 6th
• 1999: Did not play
• 2000: 74-70-81-78—303, tied 54th
• 2001: 73-75--148, missed cut
• 2002: Did not play
• 2003: 85-77—162, missed cut
• 2004: 75-75—150, missed cut
• 2005: 77-76—153, missed cut

Nicklaus' final appearance as a competitor in The Masters Tournament was in 2005, but the Golden Bear continues to travel to Augusta every April for tournament week.

Annually, Nicklaus attends the Champions Dinner and plays in the Par-3 Contest, and sometimes still plays practice rounds on the course. He is also one of the very few former pro golfers who is a member of Augusta National Golf Club as well as being one of The Masters' honorary starters since 2010.